And this is why:

A 'witch hunt' in its pure sense is a fanatically irrational attempt to create a scapegoat, endow it by innuendo with supernatural powers, then blot it from the face of the earth - thereby curing whatever ills it was accused of causing.

The actions of Joe McCarthy and his goons were called a witch hunt for precisely those reasons. The 'Fifth Amendment Communists' were called that because there was no proof that they could be aligned with that time's version of Evil Incarnate - innuendo had to serve, and serve it did.

No matter what you think of Dan Schorr, it seemed to me he was just getting a chuckle out of the juxtaposition. The truth is, the Enron-ites are probably crooks, plain and simple. No one is persectuing them for being Capitalists, but they will eventualy be prosecuted for breaking laws.

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